"exaggerate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

exaggerate verbo

exaggerate + preposición
Kolokacji: 9
exaggerate in • exaggerate to • exaggerate for • exaggerated by • exaggerate about • ...
exaggerate + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 9
greatly exaggerated • exaggerate slightly • deliberately exaggerate • grossly exaggerate • wildly exaggerate • ...
(2) slightly, somewhat
Kolokacji: 2
  • It may be doubted whether she does not somewhat exaggerate the discomforts of her position and her sense of them.
  • But it was seen as somewhat exaggerating economic strength since the biggest contributor was a jump in the length of the factory workweek.
  • In his article he quoted the investigation team, but apparently somewhat exaggerated the environmental impact of the dam.
  • Mr Popov may be somewhat exaggerating the importance of his creation.
  • Though I might say you only received it because I somewhat exaggerated your exploits.
  • I think he is inclined to exaggerate somewhat.
  • An arbitrary figure, perhaps exaggerated somewhat for popular effect.
  • Still, conversations with farmers here indicate that Azteca might be somewhat exaggerating the extent of its controls.
  • He was certainly exaggerating somewhat - I hope so anyway - and what the Commissioner has just told us would appear to bear this out.
  • He considered the public attention to his quick action in protecting Johnson somewhat exaggerated.

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